A group of Ancient Near Eastern stone seals Circa 900 B.C. - 600 A.D. Including a Babylonian chalcedony domed faceted stamp seal, engraved with a figure before an altar, 25mm.; an Assyrian banded agate cylinder seal engraved with a beast-tamer with arms outstretched holding a mythological winged rearing creature in each hand, 23mm.; an early black stone stamp seal carved with a quadruped, another with two figures, and seven other stone items, some with some re-cutting; and a string of Sasanian stamp seals, mostly of veined agate and haematite and carved with animals and floral motifs, circa 3rd-5th Centuries A.D., 23mm. largest diam.; a Sasanian carnelian stone ring, finger size 'I'; and a group of thirteen bone objects, including a Roman bone lidded cylindrical pyxis, decorated with wheel-cut bands, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D., 1in. (2.5cm.) high; nine bone spindle whorls, two tabular beads and a rectangular pendant decorated with circle and dot motifs, Coptic - Byzantine Periods, 4cm. maximum diam.; and a miscellaneous group of scarabs and scaraboids, including Phoenician, Levantine and Egyptian examples, after 600 B.C., and some Not Ancient (a lot)
A group of Ancient Near Eastern stone seals Circa 900 B.C. - 600 A.D. Including a Babylonian chalcedony domed faceted stamp seal, engraved with a figure before an altar, 25mm.; an Assyrian banded agate cylinder seal engraved with a beast-tamer with arms outstretched holding a mythological winged rearing creature in each hand, 23mm.; an early black stone stamp seal carved with a quadruped, another with two figures, and seven other stone items, some with some re-cutting; and a string of Sasanian stamp seals, mostly of veined agate and haematite and carved with animals and floral motifs, circa 3rd-5th Centuries A.D., 23mm. largest diam.; a Sasanian carnelian stone ring, finger size 'I'; and a group of thirteen bone objects, including a Roman bone lidded cylindrical pyxis, decorated with wheel-cut bands, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D., 1in. (2.5cm.) high; nine bone spindle whorls, two tabular beads and a rectangular pendant decorated with circle and dot motifs, Coptic - Byzantine Periods, 4cm. maximum diam.; and a miscellaneous group of scarabs and scaraboids, including Phoenician, Levantine and Egyptian examples, after 600 B.C., and some Not Ancient (a lot)
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